Highest to Lowest - Occupancy level (based on official capacity)

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Data shown in the highest to lowest lists are the most recent available but not necessarily from the same date. Please click on each individual country to see the date to which the data refer. As it is not possible to obtain meaningful comparative data on numbers of children in custody in different countries, we do not include juvenile imprisonment data in the highest to lowest lists.

Ranking Title Occupancy Level (%)
  Sao Tome e Principe 333.3
  Estonia 56.2
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 86.2
  United Kingdom: England & Wales 109.0
  Turkey 109.2
  Slovenia 133.6
  Slovakia 74.4
  Poland 84.5
  Italy 121.4
  Ireland, Republic of 112.3
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 79.1
  Georgia 84.8
  Austria 112.1
  Albania 90.5
  Taiwan 97.3
  Sri Lanka 215.6
  Indonesia 190.8
  Mexico 104.3
  Ecuador 121.5
  United Kingdom: Scotland 100.9
  Norway 77.0
  Czech Republic 96.4
  France 126.9
  New Zealand 93.8
  Seychelles 53.8
  Uganda 371.8
  Ghana 138.9
  Colombia 127.2
  Nigeria 136.7
  Brazil 135.8
  Yemen
  Guam (USA) 147.6
  Uruguay 130.1
  Macau (China) 82.8
  Croatia 109.1
  Andorra 34.5
  Ukraine 55.9
  North Macedonia 99.3
  Liechtenstein 70.0
  Iceland 87.5
  Bulgaria 68.7
  Spain 74.1
  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 65.2
  Morocco 158.8
  Sweden 110.7
  Germany 80.1
  Denmark 99.4
  Virgin Islands (USA) 74.1
  Central African Republic 190.5
  Azerbaijan 96.2
  Paraguay 171.6
  Luxembourg 60.3
  Latvia 67.8
  Armenia 55.0
  Northern Mariana Islands (USA) 47.8
  Palau 132.8
  Netherlands 78.0
  Serbia 90.2
  Switzerland 94.9
  Romania 115.2
  Portugal 96.8
  Chile 91.3
  El Salvador 162.8
  San Marino 50.0
  Montenegro 78.5
  Monaco 34.8
  United States of America 95.6
  New Caledonia (France) 164.6
  French Polynesia (France) 102.7
  Martinique (France) 138.9
  Guadeloupe (France) 148.0
  French Guiana/Guyane (France) 165.9
  Reunion (France) 120.4
  Mayotte (France) 221.6
  Hong Kong (China) 74.0
  Panama 163.1
  Kuwait 126.2
  Canada 102.2
  Hungary 101.5
  Papua New Guinea 116.5
  Nauru 14.0
  Japan 56.6
  Tonga 81.5
  Lithuania 68.4
  Australia 112.2
  Thailand 115.1
  Malta 91.5
  Greece 95.2
  Cyprus (Republic of) 155.8
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 82.6
  Malaysia 110.8
  Peru 234.9
  Dominican Republic 165.5
  Burundi 321.9
  Puerto Rico (USA) 55.9
  Benin 213.5
  Belgium 114.6
  Zimbabwe 130.1
  Honduras 150.0
  Sierra Leone 178.5
  Lebanon 194.4
  Cambodia 409.1
  Grenada 194.4
  Mozambique 245.8
  Madagascar 277.5
  Cote d'Ivoire 269.0
  Costa Rica 120.4
  Haiti 302.0
  Kenya 176.5
  Angola 122.5
  India 131.4
  Dominica 73.0
  Vietnam
  Mauritius 116.9
  Niger 97.4
  Kosovo/Kosova 97.1
  Rwanda 138.1
  Libya 141.6
  Comoros 161.7
  Argentina 118.5
  South Africa 146.0
  Jordan 144.0
  Guatemala 299.4
  Bangladesh 197.9
  Nepal 153.7
  Senegal 129.7
  Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 109.4
  Bolivia 287.8
  Mali 223.3
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 39.7
  Finland 97.2
  Fiji 103.5
  Democratic Republic of Congo 322.8
  Israel 136.2
  Moldova (Republic of) 86.0
  Qatar
  Uzbekistan 80.0
  South Sudan
  Liberia 222.1
  Cuba
  Belize 57.1
  Zambia 238.2
  Cameroon 164.8
  St. Lucia 102.8
  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 122.8
  Aruba (Netherlands) 68.4
  Antigua and Barbuda 266.7
  Afghanistan 179.9
  Burkina Faso 168.3
  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 79.8
  Kyrgyzstan 61.7
  Republic of (South) Korea 108.1
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 87.9
  Greenland (Denmark) 89.0
  Anguilla (United Kingdom) 91.7
  Egypt
  Pakistan 136.8
  Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 81.4
  Trinidad and Tobago 81.8
  St. Kitts and Nevis 144.0
  Jamaica 87.0
  Barbados 61.5
  Tanzania 109.0
  Mauritania 101.8
  Eswatini/Swaziland 120.0
  Botswana 86.0
  Singapore 79.2
  Guyana 151.0
  Russian Federation 67.0
  Philippines 362.0
  Vanuatu 106.7
  Gambia 172.5
  Samoa 121.2
  Maldives 125.0
  Kazakhstan 62.4
  Tajikistan 61.5
  Curaçao (Netherlands) 63.9
  Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 173.4
  Solomon Islands 77.7
  American Samoa (USA) 166.2
  Iraq 139.2
  Gabon
  Venezuela 163.8
  Suriname 75.2
  Equatorial Guinea
  Chad 232.3
  Guinea (Republic of) 171.4
  Mongolia 124.4
  Togo 183.5
  Algeria 119.0
  Malawi 233.8
  Namibia 75.4
  Laos
  Lesotho 70.6
  Myanmar (formerly Burma) 111.5
  Tunisia 126.4
  Guinea Bissau 102.2
  Jersey (United Kingdom) 69.5
  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 93.9
  Turkmenistan 85.0
  China
  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 96.3
  Bermuda (United Kingdom) 59.7
  Bahamas 161.7
  Saudi Arabia
  Djibouti 171.4
  Congo (Republic of) 616.9
  Brunei Darussalam 143.8
  Iran 153.0
  Belarus 83.4
  Marshall Islands 97.2
  Cook Islands (New Zealand) 50.0
  Nicaragua 177.6
  Bahrain 110.2
  Sudan 255.3
  Ethiopia
  Eritrea
  Kiribati 112.8
  Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea
  Federal Republic of Somalia
  Oman
  Tuvalu
  Micronesia, Federated States of 88.0
  Bhutan
  United Arab Emirates 158.9
  Syria 65.6